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A mouse who was on the spot on the night of the grand ball is not as taken as humans are with this classic fairy tale of mating success. You are a species that has lost touch with itself, he tells us. Your big brains have outgrown you. They have taken you into a world in which you are not really at home and made you strangers to yourselves there. Any other animal shows more common sense in its daily life than you humans do.    

Let us have a fair hearing at last for the Twelfth Fairy who has for so long been unjustly accused of sending the Sleeping Beauty to oblivion on her 16th birthday. The Lady Melicia never denied that she played a key part in this unhappy affair but, in her defense, has a question for her accusers: Do you really believe in fairies? In this retelling of a classic fairy tale 12 fairies confer miraculous gifts as proof of God’s existence. Things go wrong when one of the 12 turns unbeliever and declares that fairy gifts are nonsense.  

Julen närmar sig med stormsteg. Många ser den här tiden som den mysigaste på året, men Mari som arbetar i hemtjänsten vet hur mycket misär och lidande den här högtiden kan åstadkomma. Man är aldrig så ensam som på julen. När Mari får ett samtal från en kollega om att hon inte lyckas komma in i en vårdtagares bostad blir Mari genast orolig. Mycket riktigt hittar de mannen död på golvet köket.

Denna fängslande historiska roman utspelar sig år 1535 i Varberg som på den tiden tillhörde Danmark. Det var uppslitande tider och det blodiga inbördeskriget Grevefejden härjade landet. Marcus Meyer från Lübeck tar över Varberg slott och får handskas med den unga slottsfrun, svensk-norskan Grövel Fadersdotter Sparre. Meyer har storslagna planer och spinner ett intrikat nät omkring sig. Men med tiden ska han själv fastna däri.

Lenne blir engagerad i Kongokrisen, och tar värvning som FN-soldat. Kvar i Sverige blir hans systrar Prudence och Yvonne. Prudence säker tröst hos sin farfar, men Yvonne far illa i livet. Många år senare återvänder Lenne, men då är inget som förr. Krigets brutalitet har vänt upp och ner på hans världsbild. Ingrid Kampås är utbildad sjuksköterska och en lovordad författare. Hon skriver både kriminalromaner, historiska romaner och noveller. Hon har bland annat belönats med pris för bästa nordiska följetongsroman.

This program is dedicated to the stuck, the clueless, the workless, the helpless, and the directionless. Over 90 percent of the world's workforce is in the wrong job. They quest for self-expression and meaning, yet most fail to find it. This extraordinary program provides a blueprint that will enable you to find and sustain a meaningful career and life path - over the long haul. It seeks to help you determine the answer to the question that each of us pose to ourselves at some point in our lives, "Why am I here?"

Restructuring, new responsibilities, updated systems – just a few examples that require us to view change positively and treat it as an opportunity, as opposed to a disruption. You will also learn how to help others to deal more positively with change so that you can all approach it far more constructively. You will be encouraged to not just manage change but to actively promote it as a more satisfying way of life.

Do you ever wish there were more hours in a day and wonder how you are going to fit everything in? In this programme we will explore how better planning can save you time. How being ready for whatever you have to do allows you to use your time more effectively and how to make time management techniques fit your personal preferences. We also deal with the problem of time-wasters and offer strategies for reducing their effect so that you have control of your time.

As a manager you are a role model to your staff – so what sort of example are you setting? In this programme you will find out what being a role model really means and how to consciously set a good example in behaviour and attitudes. We will also consider how you can use role models yourself to improve the example you set for others.

Do you ever find that you have no energy or no enthusiasm for what you have to do next? In this programme you will discover the importance of managing yourself well and how to take control of your own physical and mental state, no longer needing to depend on external circumstances. Just as athletes prepare for a sporting event you will learn how to prepare yourself for situations at work so that you perform at your best more easily.

What happened to transform American tastes from Wonder Bread and Shake 'N Bake to sushi and balsamic vinegar? How did Epicureanism evolve from an elitist pursuit to an everyday practice and mind-set of the masses? David Kamp, author of The United States of Arugula: How we Became a Gourmet Nation, is joined by a panel of connoisseurs to explain the American food revolution. Mario Batali is the star of the Food Network's Molto Mario and one of the Iron Chefs on Iron Chef America.

As managers, we have to make decisions all the time and it is always a concern that you might not make the right decision. In this programme we will consider how you can ensure that you have prepared well to enrich your decision making and be confident that your decision, when implemented, will work.

Every manager has to influence others more, as we change from command and control management to a more empowered work force. In this programme you will explore the preparation and techniques which enable you to be a powerful and ethical influencer. You will add to that, the skills for handling negotiations so that both sides feel they have gained and come to win…win.

Why do some people seem to achieve so much more than others? In this programme you will learn how to use long term goals to give direction to your life, professionally and personally. You will be offered ways of setting short-term and interim goals to fit into the content of your long-term goals. Specific techniques will be introduced to assist you in working towards your goals and realistically achieving them.

Do you spend hours of your precious time in boring, ineffective meetings? In this programme you will learn how to prepare for meetings in a way that helps to make them more focused and effective. We will also look at ways of keeping meetings on track so everyone benefits and feels that meetings are no longer a waste of time.

All managers have a responsibility for getting their message across effectively, whether it be in a formal or informal setting. In this programme you will find out how to ensure that you present information in such a way that you get your message across perfectly by preparing both your delivery and yourself, to bring your audience with you.

In many work places staff are organised into teams and making the team work effectively is a crucial responsibility of the team leader. In this programme we will consider strategies for developing a strong staff team through having a common focus and by using the diverse strengths of individual team players. You will learn how you, as team leader, can make the difference and help your team to be extremely effective.

Nutrition for preparation and optimal performance in the backcountry.

Denken sie nicht auch jedes Jahr an Silvester das gleiche...Oh Ja gleich nächste Woche melde ich mich im Fitnessstudio an und mache regelmäßig Sport und werde bis zum Sommer etwas durchtrainierter? Um dann kurz vor dem Sommer festzustellen: […] wenn sie vor dem Spiegel stehen...Ich habe ja noch immer keine Mitgliedschaft oder treibe regelmäßig Sport und habe auch nur kein Gramm Muskeln mehr! Wenn sie diese Probleme jetzt ändern möchten dann ist genau dieses Hörbuch ihre letzte Hilfe, denn damit schaffen sie es noch bis zum Sommer in Top-Form zu kommen.

Mia arbetar som sköterska på en vårdcentral i Barrby. Arbetet är stressigt och krävande, men hon trivs ändå rätt bra. Nattens pass börjar dock inte så bra, hennes femåriga son har varit sjuk och till råga på allt lyckas hon reta upp den enda distriktsläkaren i tjänst. Men den här dagen kommer allt att förändras. En av hennes patienter dör plötsligt.